#995BCB#995BCB

#995BCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.172 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#995BCB
RGB	rgb(153, 91, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 46.08, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 66.97, 313.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1049 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.172 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6553, 18.5666, 58.6152)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#995BCB #8DCB5B

analogous

#615BCB #995BCB #CB5BC5

triadic

#995BCB #CB995B #5BCB99

tetradic

#995BCB #CB615B #8DCB5B #5BC5CB

square

#995BCB #CB615B #8DCB5B #5BC5CB

split-complementary

#995BCB #C5CB5B #5BCB61

monochromatic

#5B2982 #7B38B1 #995BCB #B689DA #D3B8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#995BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#995BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #995BCB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##995BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##995BCB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3675CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91708A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #995bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 91, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.172 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8cdb',
    500: '#995bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #995bcb;
$custom-light: #ba8cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#995bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.17224,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#995BCB

secondary

#BED7AA

accent

#DB4C8C

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FB

border

#D0CBD4

text

#120C15

muted

#817D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #995BCB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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